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Ubly Community Schools says goodbye to a retiring principal and teacher after decades of service to the school.

Commission approves master plan draft Will go to board of commissioners for adoption FacebookTwitterEmail The Huron County Planning Commission Wednesday meeting was held via the Zoom conferencing application. The planners approved a draft of the new master plan and sent it to the county commissioners for their approval. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) In a process that has been more than four years in development, the Huron County Planning Commission has approved a draft of the new master ...

Planners hear from Deerfield Wind Energy 2 developers Planning more turbines for Huron Township FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 The environmental work going into Deerfield Wind Energy 2. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) Show MoreShow Less 2of6 The Deerfield Wind Energy 2 project scope. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) Show MoreShow Less 3of6 4of6 The opening slide of the Deerfield Wind Energy 2 presentation at the recent Planning Commission meeting (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) Show...

Huron County vaccine clinics will soon move to Huron Crest Plaza Have taken place at Evangel Life Assembly of God church since January FacebookTwitterEmail The Evangel Life Assembly of God church in Bad Axe the day of one of its COVID-19 vaccine clinics. The church has been holding these clinics since January, but they will move to a new location later in March. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) The Evangel Life Assembly of God church has been hosting COVID-19 vaccination clinics over the pa...

MDOT imposes season restrictions on state roads Meant to protect state trunklines from frost damage FacebookTwitterEmail The intersection of M-53 and M-142 north of Bad Axe, where two state roads in Huron County meet. MDOT recently imposed seasonal weight restrictions on state trunklines like these to protect them from frost damage. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) As of 6 a.m. March 1, the Michigan Department of Transportation imposed weight restrictions that will be enforced on all state ...

Area businesses receiving grants still wishing for more capacity, longer hours MEDC announced small business grant recipients last week FacebookTwitterEmail The Port Hope Inn, one of 27 different Huron County small businesses that recently got small business survival grants from the MEDC. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) With another round of COVID-19 small business grants given out by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, some businesses, while grateful for the funds, are still re...

Huron County sheriff conducts ice dive training 10 divers from Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac sheriff departments take part FacebookTwitterEmail Tom Wilson of the Sanilac County Sheriffs Department emerges from the ice cold water after taking an ice dive. Wilson was one of 10 divers from the Sanilac, Huron, and Tuscola county sheriffs departments doing ice dive training off the coast of Sand Point on Friday morning. For more photos from the training, see Page 8A. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) S...

Kelly Durr works to improve students who fall behind FacebookTwitterEmail Kelly Durr, a math, science, and physical education teacher for Ascent High School in Bad Axe. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) Kelly Durr might look imposing, but if you ask his students at the Ascent High School in Bad Axe, he might be one of the most fun and understanding teacher you will come across. Durr has been a teacher with Ascent High School for the past 10 years, teaching subjects like algebra 1 and 2, geom...

Huron County lifts hiring freeze FacebookTwitterEmail The Huron County Board of Commissioners during this weeks meeting, which was held over the Zoom conferencing application. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) The Huron County Board of Commissioners has voted to rescind a hiring freeze for county jobs that has been in place since last March. Former Commissioner Ron Wruble came up with the idea of a hiring freeze as one of many ways to cut the county budget should the need arise during the CO...

Road commission puts seasonal road conditions in effect FacebookTwitterEmail County roads like Bad Axe Road are subject to seasonal weight restrictions starting this weekend. They are meant to protect the asphalt on the roads from further damage from frost. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) The Huron County Road Commission announced that seasonal weight restrictions will be imposed and enforced on all roads under its jurisdiction starting on 7 a.m. Feb. 27. Trucks traveling on county roads m...